Example sentences of "in a [adj] [noun] but [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , all of us have a stake , or an objective interest , in a healthy environment but we may not be aware of the ways in which the environment is being polluted to the detriment of our health . |
| 2 | I 'm trying to go in a straight line but I keep ending up where I began . |
| 3 | Because I used to be in a mental institution but they said I was well so I 'm allowed out now . |
| 4 | Our next destination was the West Coast and we stopped first at Arthur 's Pass , where we 'd been invited to stay in a tramping hut but it was under repair , so we stayed in a backpackers ' . |
| 5 | ‘ Paul Wilkinson put in a great header but I got the final touch for my second goal . ’ |
| 6 | Confrontation of issues and attitudes will be polite and respectful in a professional manner but it may nonetheless be a very painful process that would not in customary terms be considered friendly , although in truth it is a most fundamental act of friendship from one human being to another . |
| 7 | We may live in a free country but you do n't feel free . |
| 8 | Which , no doubt there are people are regenerating theirselves , and once again , talking locally again , of course , realise Marconi 's are in a bad way but they have got some marvellous er er new stuff coming along , but the point is er , obviously in the defence industry , in the er radar works , quite obviously you 're not getting that kind of demand . |
| 9 | Sovereignty , homage and fealty , and the ‘ domainal liberties ’ of the Plantagenets , are sometimes considered in a theoretical light but they must also be put as firmly as possible into the more pragmatic context of Anglo-French relations . |
| 10 | I shall be drawing a considerable sum in a few days but you must know how it is , travelling the country as we old soldiers do … thank you … ten pounds will be quite sufficient … and you must let me spend some more of it in your excellent company … that evening 's entertainment we enjoyed together , Mr Wood , ’ his voice rose in the small hallway and the other guests and servants indoors and out strained noticeably to catch what would surely be the eloquent testimonial of a compliment , ‘ was one of the , shall we say , most boisterous and wise , a rare combination , Mr Landlord , I have spent , whether in London , in Europe or in and out of ships and foreign postings in a long lifetime . |
| 11 | They play in a relaxed atmosphere but you need to play to a reasonable standard and have your own ‘ whites ’ . |
| 12 | We may regret we live in a permissive society but I doubt whether even the most staunch defender of a better age would maintain that all or even most of those who have at one time or in one way or another been led astray morally have thereby become depraved or corrupt " . |
| 13 | They may be the best equipped to identify the tariff for retribution and deterrence in a particular case but they may also be wrong . |
| 14 | His first Grand Prix was the 1951 Swiss when he was in a British HWM but he had to wait four years for his first success . |
| 15 | I do not want to get bogged down in a semantic quibble but it does rather look as though sociologists have just as much difficulty as anyone else in doing without the word ‘ profession ’ . |
| 16 | Surrounded by Christmas decorations John said : ‘ She was in an awful state but I will always remember her as a lovable child . ’ |
| 17 | Not in an egotistical way but it 's just a moment of reaffirmation … |
| 18 | Expand that up , you 'll end up with a normal inner leaflet to the membrane , a phospholipids but the outer the , er the outer layer is almost exclusively composed of this stuff , lycropolysacrulite I mentioned this in an earlier lecture but we need to go into in a little bit more detail . |